Archive for July, 2010

Win Forever: Pete Carroll

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Pete Carroll: Win Forever. I've been looking forward to this book for over a year. I had to pick it up on it's first day of being sold.

Midway through my long duration morning run, I had to stop at a Barnes and Noble to pick up one of the books I have been anticipating for over a year now. I’m 50 pages deep and I’m loving every word. The book I’m talking about is “Win Forever – Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion” written by Pete Carroll with Yogi Roth.

I’m going to give a full video review of the book when I finish it tomorrow or the next day. I’ve easily been reading through it and if your a fan of Carroll’s coaching philosophy, I really think your going to LOVE this book.

Being a young coach I think this book truly speaks to those who are just starting off on their coaching career. The ideal of developing your coaching philosophy is a huge pillar or principle. I know that when I wrote my 25 page manifesto that I need to continue to refine and shape my philosophy to it’s more concise. I love the idea that Pete Carroll’s philosophy can be refined down to a single sentence. I’m hoping after reading this book I can come somewhere close.

I’ll let you all know how I feel about the book after reading it!

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ATC, CSCS, PT, PhD: Alphabet Soup, Oh My!

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We’re all working towards the same goal; to make healthier and stronger athletes that move better. I was having a conversation the other day regarding scope of practice with a physical therapist friend of mine and we starting talking about limits of our respective practice. This got me thinking about how these limits constrain our education within this field.

Within each discipline you will find a core unit of practitioners who are highly protective of their industry. For example, ATCs may tell strength coaches to stay away from doing “XYZ” because that is out of their scope. You also might find strength coaches telling PT’s that they need to stop implementing “ABC” regarding program design because ‘it’s their territory’. Continue reading →

Are You a HIT Guy or an Olympic Guy?

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Ten years ago if you were sitting behind a desk being interviewed for a strength and conditioning job, you’d redoubtably would be asked whether your a HIT guy or an Olympic guy. This question would later lead to sworn groups of enemies that had more hatred for each other than the West Coast vs. East Coast gangster rap hatred in the 90s.

Even today, I still receive this question. Granted, most strength coaches know the answer that is probably coming, I have to admit, it’s still an issue for some. Continue reading →

 
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